The composition program and Department of English and Communications at
Tennessee Tech University present the fifth annual Festival of Student Writing from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, in the Multipurpose Room on the second floor of the Roaden University Center. The festival is free, and the public is invited.

"The event is designed to celebrate, showcase and teach others about students' writing and research projects from their English 1010 and 1020 courses," said Tony Baker, Director of Composition and coordinator of the festival.

The main feature of the festival is the work of participating students, mostly freshmen, who are on hand to display their projects at various booths and tables. Rather than stacks of essays, this non-competitive event features several hundred students' alternative texts, including posters, exhibits, brochures, multimedia presentations, and performances. Many texts represent collaborative efforts.

"It's always exciting to see what students have been working on," Baker says. "Visitors to the festival can expect interesting projects, lively interaction, and some entertaining surprises — a carnival of ideas. This event is a rare chance for students to just talk to people about their writing projects and ideas. It's great fun."

For more information about the Festival of Student Writing, contact Tony
Baker at 3909 or abaker@tntech.edu.